Pants



J. W.V SCHULLER. Pants.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SOHULLER, OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA.

PANTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' Patent No. 241,731, dated May 1*?, 1881.

`Application tiled April 9, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN WM. SCHULLER, a citizen of the United States, resident at Cedar' Falls, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pants; and I do hereby de- Clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked there-- on, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front view, showing the ap open. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing it shut.

This invention has relation to the construe-fV tion of trousers or pantaloons; and it consists in providing, in connection with a closed front and a llap extending from the center of the front to one side, an inner ap extending from the side to the center of the front, carrying the waistband, and provided with a double set of buttons, one set being placed a little in advance of the other, so that they may be used interchangeably in securing the outer Hap and the Suspenders, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of this invention is chiefly to provide a pair of pantaloons which can be readily enlarged or contracted about the abdomen without wrinklin g, thereby enabling the wearer to adjust them with regard to his personal comfort without producing a distorted or slovenly appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the waistband, which is made in the usual manner and provided with the front fastening, b, as shown in the drawings, or with button-hole fastening, asmay be desired. The front is closed, as shown, and on one side is "connected to the waistband permanently, in

the usual manner. On the other side an external iiap, c, is formed, constituting part of the front, butdisconnected from the waistband and at the side as far down as may bc necessary for convenience and to allow for the adi justment, the edge being linished neatly and strongly. The upper margin of the flap is provided with two button-holes, d d, sufciently distant from each other to serve as means for connecting the flap to the suspender-buttons c e, which are placed on the waistband. If the side margimf, ofthe flap is made longer than is usual in pocket-openings, a button and but ton-hole may be provided near its lower end, to hold it in position when a contracted adjustment is effected.

Connected to the back of the pantaloon, on

,the side by the side scam, and to the waist` band above, is an inner piece or iiap, g, which may carry the pocket. This inner flap extends toward the center of the front, to protect the wearer, and is provided at its upper portion with two buttons, h h, placed a sufficient distance from each other to suit the button-holes d d of the outer flap, c, each button h being a little forward or. rearward, as may be desirable, ofthe corresponding suspender-button e, but below the same.

It is evident that the Hap c can be readily buttonedV either to the upper set of buttons, e e, or to the lower set, l1J h, producing an enlargement or contraction, according to requirement, the suspender being fastened to the set of buttons not in use in securing the Hap. The Hap may be arranged on either side, and is designed to serve the comfort of the wearer without detracting from the neat appearance yof the garment. The construction also. enablesthe wearer to adjust his underclothes with facility.

Having described this invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by yLeltcrs Patent, 1.s-

In a pair of pantaloons having a closed front and a central-fastening waistband, the outer side flap, c, centrally secured and having free top and side margins, and button-holes d d, the inner flap, g, secured at the side and top and extending toward the center, and the two sets of buttons c e and l1. h, arranged one set JOHN WILLIAM SGHULLER.

Witnesses J. BOWMAN, y FRANK CARPENTER. 

